KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) has appointed coalition chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar as the new Opposition Leader in Parliament.
The Kemaman MP who is also Terengganu menteri besar replaces Larut MP Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin who was sacked as Bersatu deputy president in February.
“The council agreed to appoint Kemaman MP Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar to shoulder the responsibility as Opposition Leader,” PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said in a Facebook statement this afternoon.
He said the decision was made during the coalition’s supreme council meeting at the Hotel Royale Chulan here earlier today.
“The council agreed in principle to accept electoral cooperation or an electoral pact with certain parties that share compatible struggles and common interests with Perikatan Nasional,” he added.
He also announced PN’s new line-up of state heads ahead of preparations for the next general election, as follows:
- Perlis — Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim
- Kedah — Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor
- Penang — Datuk Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
- Perak — Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu
- Selangor — Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali
- Federal Territories and Melaka — Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin
- Johor — Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal
- Pahang — Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
- Terengganu — Datuk Alias Razak
- Kelantan — Datuk Ahmad Yakob
- Sabah — Datuk Aliakbar Gulasan
- Sarawak — Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian
The only state without a head for now is Negeri Sembilan, which Takiyudddin listed as being “deferred”.
The question over who would lead the Opposition had lingered since Hamzah’s removal from Bersatu earlier this year.
The Dewan Rakyat is scheduled to reconvene from June 22.
Date: 16 May, 2026 5:00 pm
Source: Malay Mail
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